Richard HINES

(Â1851)

HINES, Richard, a
Representative from North Carolina; born in Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C., birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1816 and practiced in Raleigh, N.C.; member of the State
house of commons, 1824; elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the
Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress; resumed
the practice of law in Raleigh, N.C., and died there November 20,
1851; interment in the Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present